· 4/8/1996
State Ex Rel. Amy M. v. Kaufman
Citations
- 470 S.E.2d 205
- 196 W. Va. 251
- 1996 W. Va. LEXIS 32
How courts have described this case
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- holding that prohibition was available to restrain courts from granting improvement periods of greater extent and duration than permitted statutorily
- recognizing 23 goal “to facilitate the reunification of families whenever that reunification is in the best interests of the children involved”
- \Prohibition is available to abused and/or neglected children to restrain courts from granting improvement periods of a greater extent and duration than permitted under West Virginia Code §§ 49-6-2(b) and 49-6-5(c) (1995).\
- ‘‘even where termination of parental rights is justified, a con- tinued relationship between parent and child by means of post-termination visitation may be valuable to the child’s emotional well-being’’
- ‘‘even where termination of parental rights is justified, a con- tinued relationship between parent and child by means of post-termination visitation may be valuable to the child’s emotional well-being’’
- “Prohibition is available to abused and/or neglected children to restrain courts from granting improvement periods of a greater extent and duration than permitted under West Virginia Code §§ 49-6-2(b) and 49-6-5(c) (1995).”
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Judges: Workman
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